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APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 31,1909.

Patented NOV. 1,1910.

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RECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 31, 1909. Serial No. 486,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HENRY FRANKS PERL, a subject of His Majesty the King of England, residing at Theobalds Road, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention for improvements in cardboard, paper and like frames or slides for packing or holding cylindrical, tubular and other like bodies, relates more particularly to folded paper frames for packing or hold ing capsules or other delicate or soft coated or covered articles, in place during transit to prevent their breaking or becoming stuck together by keeping them in position and separate from each other; and of that kind wherein the article to be held is supported within an outer receptacle by the insertion of its ends through holes formed in the inner packing frame.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved and more simple and inexpensive frame of this kind for the above purpose than any hitherto provided, and wherein the articles to be held in position can be more readily placed therein and removed therefrom by any convenient means.

This invention consists in the provision of a single strip of material folded to channel shape and having rows of corresponding holes formed along each of its side flanges for the reception of the ends of the articles to be held.

In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a paper frame blank previous to its being folded for inclosing the articles to be packed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the folded frame ready for insertion into a metal or like box.

In carrying out this invention as adapted for use within an outer receptacle such as a metal box for receiving a number of capsules or gelatinous coated substances, I employ one or more, according to the size of the box, channel-shaped strips of paper a having holes 6 therein along their opposite vertically extending side flanges 0. In these holes I) the opposite ends of the capsules or other articles (Z to be held are placed; this being done in any convenient way such as Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

arranging the capsules d in a spacing or other frame and inserting first of all the ends of the capsules in the holes I) along one side 0 of the frame and then folding the other side 0 up to embrace their other ends. Or by placing the frame in the box first the capsules may be clipped into position by inserting one end. in the perforation on one side and pressing the other end into the corresponding perforation on the other side.

The frame may be either marked or perforated as shown in dotted lines 6 in Fig. 1 of the drawings along the edges where it is to be bent to facilitate packing.

End flaps or portions f, g are formed at each extremity in order to retain the capsules and also to enable the whole frame a to be easily removed. For the latter purpose one of the flaps g is extended as shown to provide a tongue which normally folds down on to the top of the capsules when the outer box is closed.

The bottom of the frame or slide is provided with a pair of converging slits h which extend from the end flap 9 and form a flexible tongue which is adapted to be bent below the bottom to form an opening. This opening facilitates the removal of the capsules adjacent the end flap 9.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing description that by this means I am enabled to provide an effective frame or packing device for the purpose described that is capable of being formed out of a single piece of perforated material.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States of America 1s:

A receptacle of the class described comprising a blank formed from a single piece of-material having weakened lines extending the entire length thereof near opposite longitudinal edges to provide inwardly folded side walls and a bottom, the said side walls having alining openings of like diameters and spaced from each other, and end flaps extending from the bottom and being of corresponding width to the same, one of said flaps being of corresponding depth to the depth of the side walls and provided with a weakened line to permit inward folding thereof, the remaining end flap being of considerably greater depth than the side walls and provided with a plurality of transverse weakening lines to permit inward folding thereof, whereby its free end will overhang said bottom, the said bottom being provided with converging slits cut in from one end thereof for a slight distance of its length, substantially as described.

1 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ALBERT HENRY FRANKS PERL lVitnesses:

I. S. ARTHERS, F. HAKEY. 

